The Exodus
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The Exodus is the founding myth of the Israelites whose narrative is spread over four of the five books of the Pentateuch. The narrative describes a history of Egyptian bondage of the Israelites follo
The Departure of the Israelites (David Roberts, 1829)
Israel in Egypt (Edward Poynter, 1867)
Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt by Charles Sprague Pearce (1877)
Moses parts the Red Sea (1907 print)
Moses in Islam
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Moses is a prominent prophet and messenger of God and is the most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran, with his name being mentioned 136 times and his life being narrated and recounted more t
Musa during his victorious battle against the Pharaoh's magicians, casting divine light with his hand and turning his staff into a dragon.
Asiya (depicted with long black tresses) and her servants, having finished bathing find baby Moses in the Nile. Their clothes hang in the trees while the river waves and crests are done in the Chinese style. Illustration from the Persian Jami' al-tawarikh
The Midian Mountains near Haql on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba, which separates Midian in the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula and Ash-Shaam from the Sinai Peninsula in present-day Egypt
One of Pharaoh's sorcerers is devoured by the dragon summoned by Musa, who at the same time casts the divine light with his hand.